iPhone Fingerprint Scanner Hacked
A group of German hackers claimed to have cracked the iPhone fingerprint
scanner on Sunday, just two days after Apple Inc launched the
technology that it promises will better protect devices from criminals
and snoopers seeking access.
During the launch, Apple claimed the
new iPhone with a fingerprint sensor was 'much more secure than previous
fingerprint technology.'
Hackers
became so keen to prove the tech giant wrong that a security researcher
called Nick DePetrillo even set up an online race to be the first to
bypass the technology.
The hacker filmed in the video goes by the nickname "Star Bug." Dirk
Engling, a spokesperson for the CCC, said that what Star Bug has done
wasn't particularly challenging, even for a non-professional hacker.
"The CCC published everything that you would need to fool a fingerprint
sensor 10 years ago," he told ABC News. "Really, the hardest part was to get our hands on an iPhone 5S because it was sold out."
First, the fingerprint of the enrolled user is photographed with 2400
dpi resolution. The resulting image is then cleaned up, inverted and
laser printed with 1200 dpi onto transparent sheet with a thick toner
setting. Finally, pink latex milk or white woodglue is smeared into the
pattern created by the toner onto the transparent sheet. After it cures,
the thin latex sheet is lifted from the sheet, breathed on to make it a
tiny bit moist and then placed onto the sensor to unlock the phone.
The two of them each put up $100 toward a prize for the
contest winner, then set up a website inviting others to
contribute. While the booty now includes more than $13,000 in
cash, it was not clear that the CCC would receive the full
payout, even if DePetrillo and Graham declared them winners.
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